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A Victorian Curate : A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt.

A Victorian Curate: A Study of the Life and Career of the Rev. Dr John Hunt is an absorbing personal account of the corruption and turmoil in the Church of England at this time. It will appeal to anyone interested in this history, the relationship between science and religion in the nineteenth centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yeandle, David.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2021.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. John Hunt
  • 1.1 Family and Upbringing
  • 1.2 Education
  • 1.3 Hunt's Scholarship
  • 1.4 Hunt's Marriages
  • 2. Clergymen Made Scarce
  • 3. Town Life
  • 3.1 Ordination and First Curacy
  • 3.2 First Metropolitan Curacy
  • 3.3 Search for a New Curacy
  • 4. Essays and Reviews Controversy
  • 5. Unemployment and Applications
  • 5.1 Theological Differences and 'Evangelical' Credentials
  • 5.2 The Curates' Registry
  • 5.3 The Guardian
  • 5.4 English Graduates Only
  • 5.5 Privilege and Parsimony
  • 6. Final Metropolitan Applications
  • 6.1 Mistaken Identity
  • 6.2 Hoxton
  • 7. The Anatomist Curate
  • 8. Country Life
  • 8.1 Swallow, Lincolnshire
  • 9. St Ives, Hunts.
  • 9.1 Advowson for Sale
  • 9.2 Ritualism
  • 9.3 Beyond St Ives
  • 10. Conclusions
  • 11. Postscript: John Hunt in Otford
  • 11.1 Transcription of Hunt's Epitaph in Otford Church
  • 12. Chronological Table of John Hunt's Life
  • Appendix: Documents and Press Quotations
  • Text of Clergymen Made Scarce
  • [3] LETTER, &amp
  • c.
  • P O S T S C R I P T.
  • Appendix II
  • The Anatomist Curate
  • An Inquest on an Inquest (Punch)
  • Clergymen Made Scarce (Punch)
  • Extraordinary Charge against a City Clergyman
  • Singular Freak of a Clergyman
  • Presentation of a Testimonial to the Rev. John Hunt
  • Lecture on St Augustine
  • Review of Religious Thought in England I
  • Review of Religious Thought in England II
  • Review of Religious Thought in England in the Nineteenth Century
  • Review of Religious Thought in England in the Nineteenth Century
  • Dr. Hunt's Travels.
  • John Hunt, the Poor Man's Friend
  • His Services to Literature
  • His Views on Sunday Observance
  • His Views on the Church
  • His View on Temperance
  • His Views on Politics
  • His Journeys Abroad
  • John Hunt's Obituary
  • Death of the Vicar of Otford
  • Dr. Hunt's Sudden Demise.
  • The Funeral.
  • Bibliography
  • Select Works by John Hunt
  • Other Works Cited
  • Index.

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